red tail catfish amazonian vs asian

[doomiedee]

its retarded cheap so its hard to pass up, the shop has 3 and they want $9.99 each, flight is $60 so i could bring in 3 for under $100, im just tripping about
A them getting eaten, or B growing them out all together and having to raise 5 giant cats lol, not that its a bad thing but wife wont let me install a pool in the living room lol

That's not bad here in Connecticut I only seen one in a lfs and they wanted $60. They just lowered it to $30 like two weeks ago.

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[macframalama]

yeah i dont really wanna ditch my rtc i scored him when he was tiny and in 5 months he is pushing over 12 inches , but i could temp house the other guys i just dont know lol, im just kinda pumped because the wife is even on board lol which is a task all in itself haha

 

[thebiggerthebetter]

I predict big problems: When too small, RTC will eat them. When 10" and bigger, an ARTC will beat up a 2' RTC senseless and dead in one overnight in a small tank or pretty much any bottom dweller in any tank as they are fiercely, ferociously territorial... but in a big pond, like 2000 gal, may be ok. Past 3"-4", 5" if lucky, ARTCs can not be housed together in a tank - you will have just one left... much, much sooner than later.

It grows to 3.5'.

To sum up: ARTC is for one-fish-tanks. In huge ponds of at very least 5000-10,000 gal but rather 20,000-50,000 to be safe, it has been possible to combine them with some other big bottom dwellers.

Might wanna take a peek here too: http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/f...506701-Just-got-a-new-asian-red-tail-catfish-)

 

[macframalama]

i passed on the whole thing, sounds like a cluster f in the making, thanks for the heads up

 

[Dragonfirehead]

Omg! I hope this is not true! Artc is a one-fish-tank?

 

[thebiggerthebetter]

Smallish tank, yes. Large tank / pond - can be gambled.